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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24
THE: u0m0EST TUNNEL.
Complexion of sAEn Observation-Disclosures That
Was Begun 1n I7S2.-

Complexion of fIEn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS That
Was Begun in I7S2.-
An 6egineeriRg work tb Gt dlas ;1tsken
over a century, to construction hardly
fail to offer"ss,Rae points oIf interest inc
its history, amt illustrate thslmaEsh of
events<buFing the years of its progress
An instance OF this kind issto be ahund
in a tunnel nat long sine a. completed.
but which was commenced over 100
years ago. RRfs tunnel, oDiadit,. AS it
shoul Ii be- more strictly termed, rs at
ScheI nnitz, i'm Hungary. Its oDnstruc-
ton WAS agreed upon IN 1TSz- the
objec4r being 90 carry off: the water
omAthe.SchemnitZ mineSto thee9Owest
part OF the .1ss,an Valley
TIiec WORK Is now co npletes and it
forr IS the longest tunn 81 in th~ world,
beirG. 1O.2E miles long. or about one
mil Elonger than st. Gsthard, snd two
arci one-haH miles logger tl1ssn MGat
Gems The heighth is-9 feet 10 inches
and the hsreadth 5 feet 8 incl3es. This
tunnel, which has taken s8 long in
M .iiing, hzs cost neaaly Il million ster-
ling; but the money appeags to haze
b. san waA spent; at lbast the present.
=
Jn'the saving for being able to dGsaway
with water-raising appliances amounts
to- G15, 900 year.
There is one further leoGnt. bowever.
worth notice, for ia we hare the adyiaa-
aage of our great-grandsathers in he
matter of mechanical appliances, tiey
/ certainly were better OF in the price of
\ labor. The original contract foIc the
i tunnel. made in 1882, vsas that it slsculd
be completed liza thirty years and Should
coe1 Fl per yard run For eleven years
the work was done at this prize, but
the French revolution enhanced the
Gust of labor and materials to suc4 an eX-
tent that for thirty years little progress
was made For ten years following
! much progress Was made, and then the.
work dropped for twenty years more.
until the water threatened to- drown thso
mines cat altogether. Finally tAe
! tunnel was completed in 1878, the re-
manning part costing 922 a yard. or
more 1fan three times as much as the
original contract rate. -EngtneegTRy.o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24
.ffle Vera Cruz railway, says the

-t1ie Vera Cruz railway, says the
Mexican Etnancier, began uaing steel
ties in 1884, and now has some 20, 600
in use. Forty thousand have been
ordered. from England, where they
cost s1.25 in gold each, and chartering
its own vessels the Vera Cruz Com
pany can lay them down at cost not
to exceed 50. Mexican silver. The
wooden ties, displaced, cost from nine
ty cents TO $1.62 in silver.o The life OF
the steel tie it is believed VIII be from
thirty to fifty years. In India steel ia
being used in place of teak one of the
best woods
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24
NOKklNG up AN .ouTRAGE...

E1se George FrIsbIe Hoars and Their
Unfortunate Case i'm Washington County,
Tex.
Since the Senate, moved thereto by
George Frisbie Hoar. has ordered an
investigation of Il little neighborhood
row in Washington County, Tex, it
womb not be out of place for some
Southern Senator to ask an inquiry
into the outrage which recently took
place in frontier county in Nebraska.
In the Texas case it is asserted by Mr..
Hoar that citizen who is a Republic
an was driven from home by Demo-
Gratis. In the Nebraska case, which
was reported in the newspapers few
days ago, a Southerner, who had re-
Gently arrived from Virginia. was
driven from his home, presumably by
Republicans.
1t has been long time since we have
had National cOroner's inquest on
some local quarrel in remote county.
and the heart of George Frisbie evil
IDENTIFY yearns for one. Filtered through
the biased minds of a few partisans
such as he the details of a disturbance
an Texas become of the most soul-har-
rowing nature. United States SEN
ates are not instituted for any such
7Mrpose as this, but when ancient pol
iticians are out of meat even the Sen
ate must join in the search for some.
The alacrity with which the august body
of which the distinguished George
Frisbie is a member agreed, by a strict
party vote, to investigate family row
in State having Jurisdiction of the of
Tense shows that the value of little
sectional hate has not been forgotten
by the sef-styled patriots of the day,
and that if they can not bring discredit
upon their opponents in one way they
will attempt it in another.
As matter of fact, the George Fris-
bic Hoars are in sad straits for an issue.
Their predictions of disaster and ruin,
Il restored Confederacy and rehabil-
itated slavery, pensions for the rebel
soldiers and barrels Of gold for the
liquidation of the rebel debt, the. div
.ision of Texas into dozen States and
the packing of the Supreme Court, have
all proved false. Things appear to be
geing on as well as they ever did and u
great deal better than they have at
many times in the history Of the coun-
try Another election approaches and
George Frisbie Hoar does not intend to
be caught mapping. The neighborhood
tight in Washington County answers as
an excuse for an investigation and the |
report which he will write will give
him an opportunity to fire the North
elm heart as he was wont 20 do in the |
good old days. Under Republican
Presidents, as every body knows, the
people of the various States always
lived together in peace and harmony.
No violence ever married the gentle
seems. The frisky cowboy never frisked
an tGose days, and the mild-eyed ga
zeile of the border gamboled undis-
turbnd.
Waile wishing him well in his new
the Herald can not refrain
FIJI "a pointing out TO Mr.. Hoar that
Washington County, Tex, is stanch
county. In 1884 it gave
Blai sic 3,019 votes and Cleveland 2, $50.
In 1880 it gave Garfield 2,843 votes and
only 1877. Does George
frisbie Hoar really believe that Re-
publican carries his life in his hand an
County, Tex. ?-Chica9e
Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24

Southern farmers, draw population 70
cover the vacant lands and I'll up the
towns; will make available the vast idle
power of the streams and set myriad
of wheels in revolution to change raw
materials into finished articles, and will
span the solitude with railroads, as they
have done in other localities.-N. Y.
Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24

The Cinnamon of Newark, y. j.,
are rapidly forsaking the customs of
their people by cutting off their cues.
wearing English apparel, and attending
the Christian churches.-N 7. San.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
THE NUMBER SEVEN.
Extent to Which 1t Entered Into tn
Building of Cologne's Cathedral.

Extent to Which 1t Entered Into the
Building of Cologne's Cathedral.
Not only in the larger portions of the
masonry work in the Cologne Cathedral,
but down to the minutest details of the
ornamentation, the combinations Of
1seven," deemed sacred number in
the Middle Ages, enter to consider
able extent. Thus, at all the porticoes,
and even on the side entrances, we find
seven inches for the reception of statues.
The depth of the vestibule is seven
times s feet (56 feet3 in it there are
seven pedestals for as many statues.
Seven chapels surround the High Choir,
which, like the inner space of the cathe-
dral, has both width and height Of
seven times % feet 161 feet.) The
height of the side aisles is seven times
10 feet GO feet.) Twice seven pillars
ornament the High Choir. The five
aisles Of the cathedral are each sepa-
rated from the other by rows of z
pillars. The entire number of free
pillars is seven times (56;) that Of the
pillars set into the walls seven times 4
(28.) The western portico has q width
OF seven times SO (231 feet.) The
whole length Of the imposing edifice is
seven times rs (5Sz feet and its height
70 the pinnacle Of the Eaain towers was
originally planned to be seven times 70
feet; while the three transepts have ?
width OF seven times Is feet (106 feet -
Earjs AsltosicGfs 8eGjster.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
RAILWAY SNOW SHEDS.

How the Pacific Roads Prevent Their
Tracks From Being Buried Under snow.
Snow-sheds, to cover the railway
track, have been built at points on the
Central Pacific road where it crosses the
Sierras. As the trains bound East
leave Emigrant Gap they run through
one continuous shed for thirty-nine
miles. The purpose of the shed is to
prevent the track from being buried
under falling and drifting snow. They
secure this end, but are themselves the
occasion of great inconvenience, such
as the noise, the loss of view and the
combining of the smoke to the train.
There is nothing peculiar in the con-
struction of these sheds which have to
support only the burden of the snow.
But on the line of the Canadian Pacific
road, where the road crosses the Rocky
Mountains, sheds of different con-
struction are needed. Before the road
was completed, observations in the
mountains showed that avalanches
must be provided against. A single
avalanche covered the track for dis
lance of one thousand three hundred
feet, and to the depth of fifty feet. The
result of these observations was that
the company constructed four and a
half miles of snow-sheds at an enor-
nous expense.
The sheds are constructed as follows:
On the high side of the mountain slope
a timber crib filled with stones is con-
structed. Along the entire length Of
the shed, and on the opposite side OF
the track, timber trestle is erected,
strong timber beams are laid from the
top of the crib-work to the top of the
trestle, four feet apart, and at an angle
representing the slope of the mountain
as nearly as possible. These are COW
cred over with four-inch planking, and
the beams are braced on either side
from the trestle and from the crib. The
covering is placed at such height as
to give twenty-one feet Roadway from
| the under side of the beam to the center
of the track. The longest of these
sheds is thirty-seven hundred feet
Youths Companion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
A WAY OF MANY MOONS.


OSprings coqucttc, for she viii and she'll
She cajoles and dcludes she blows cold and
blows hot,
is she fairf Does She smile, Are her soft airs
carcssing:
Have a carei IT'S guile she Is only bness-
ing.
met her ono day by daTy down-dilly.
The firt she was tempting persephone's lily.
Big Boreas blustercd alone, and the jilt
Danced OF with the wind, leaving dafy 10 wilt,
Ana logged for the summer TO come.
And summer came, buxom and debonair,
With sinuous step and rose In her hair;
With round red lips and great blue eyes,
That were part OF her own deep clondless
skies.
But summer grew fervid; her love became
PAIN
She sighed like furnace. wcpt not gushing
rain.
Her round lips parchcd and misty haze
Crept over the blue Of her eariier days,
And I waited for autumn to come.
And autumn came, nut brown maid
In a thousand garsh tints arraycd,
found her--so lissomc, so wltching, so gay
In o hazel copse, watching the squirrels at play
She fed and followed through woods and o'er
moor
Wherever her golden and purple robe lures
TIL Mt last the enchantrcss gave me the slip
In grim, gray fog that she blew from her lip,
And lOnged for the winter to come.
But winter was stately, grave, severe,
A naughty dame and something scar,
Whose girdlc, like chasto Diana's. shone,
An icy bolt, an arctic zone;
Crisp of speech, with q chilling air,
Nipping love ere love was aware,
Then said 10 my sea-coal fire,
EruitiOn is death. but love Is desire.
Lot US pray for the spring to come.
Oscar PARK. Ia Good Word.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
Regarding Chinch Bugs.

Scientists have traced out with the
utmost care the life history and habits
of the chinch bug, but as yet can not
offer any practical way of destroying
them or preventing their dissemination
or multiplication. Wheat farming is
particularly favorable to their growth,
especially where winter wheat is
grown. 1t has been recommended to
not raise wheat for while 80 the bugs
would disappear, but as some persist in
raising wheat, atleast occasionally. and
as it is pretty well understood that
these bugs will live even if no wheat is
raised, under favorable conditions OF
weather, etc., it can easily be seen how
hard it is to get rid of them. How
ever, in regions lately or at present in-
tested with them, farmers should make
this fact strong point against sowing
wheat. The wheat crop is not alone
jeopardized; corn and other crops will
also suffer. Diversified farming, with
wheat maialy left out, is the best
practice We. now know of.-Prasrss
Farmer
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
DRESS WELL. NOT GAuDY.
Why Every Woman should Array Hersel
In Neat and Tasty Garments.

why Every Woman should Array Herself
In Neat and Tasty Garments.
"The day will soon come" says
well-known leader of fashion, "when it
will no longer be slur on a good wo-
man, old or young, to say she thinks
good deal of dress; she attaches enor-
nous Importance to aesthetics" While
it remains good motive to give others
pleasure and spare them disagreeable
shocks, the rule must hold good in
every department of life. 1.-The day
will soon come when it shall be recog-
nized duty to conceal what is offensive,
when slight deformities of limb and
skin shall be avowedly disguised by art
and great and startling deformities
shall cease to disgrace our public
streets. 1t is one of the duties of life
to grease the wheels on which we drive
as far as ever that is consistent with
other duties, and most people must
Judge for themselves how far that is.
ut is as easy to dress well as i'll,
since dress we must. Absolute uncon-
seriousness as to how she looks is i'm
possible to any woman, since every eye
tells her unbidden; therefore, indiffer-
ence to appearance is inculcated. 1t is
natural to wish to please in all ways by
kindness and pleasant manner-or,
at least, not to displease How deli
cately Goldsmith distinguishes his two
types of innocent and admirable wo-
manhood! Differently lovely, Olivia
was often affected from too great de-
sire to please; Sophie even repressed
excellence from her fears to Offend
'one vanquished by single blow, the
other by efforts successfully repeated.
very beautiful women are seldom
vain. They are so used to their own
beauty that they do not think much
about it, any more than man thinks
much about his rank or profession when
not engaged in his duties. The vain
woman is the one who has been un-
fairly disparaged. Undue self-con-
seriousness is the revolt against injustice
and like all revolts is disagreeable.
We're all women acknowledged to have
each her points, personal as well q,
mental. and allowed to cultivate them
in a sensible and simple spirit there
would be less envy and malice, less
vanity and wasted time, and more in
nocent pleasure throughout life. Blu
pretty woman who leaves her mind
uncultivated her mind and heart fol
the sake Of her body, that IL the illus
| tration Of the Jewel Of gold in the
swins's snopta' Dry Goods caroni
II o1A
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
WIT AND WISDOM.

You will find life full of sweep
SAVIOUR, II you do not expect from 1t
what it can not give. -Renan.
Dialogue between two beggarsa
care you blind by naturep" mo,
only by profession. "-Paris Gaulois.
He who comes up to his own i'd. :
of greatness, must always have had
very low standard of it in his mind.
Ruskia.
Enthusiastic Youth ION the Pleas
ant Beach Roller Coaster)-"Let 'cr 60,
Gallagher Timid Lady-"Oh, please
don't, Mr.. Gallagher; I'm not ready
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Why catch fish that are worth
nothing when you get home, or labor
for that which does you not a particle
of good when you move on.--fon'e-s
roy's Adyance Thought.
1t is certainly waste of time to
try to educate some people. There are
girls who study music year after year,
and yet they never seem to know any
thing about rests. Merchant 1raCeter.
-"How," said one to Sir Walter
Raleigh, of whom it was said he could
toll terribly" show do you accomplish
so much in so short timer" When
have any thing to do ] 60 and do It, "
was the reply.
"a New Specially. Messenger;
have you time to go on an errandP"
Eyes, sir; what do you wish me to doP''i
flake this trunk to the railroad sta
ton" Impossible, l am sorry to say;
/ am a specialist for love letters and
bouquets. Fliegende Btdtter.
Age takes its pleasures from mem-
DRY, youth centers its joys in the hopc
of the future; philosophy, which be-
longs neither to the young nor the old
exclusively, has regard to the present,
and sobers its visions of what's to como
by the experience of what has already
| gone before.
1t is the part of an indiscreet and
troublesome ambition to care too much
about fame-about what the world
saws of us; to be always looking into
the faces of others for approval; to be
always anxious for the effect OF what
we do and say; to be always shouting
to hear the echo of our own voices.
The Color He Would Dye Them:--
He said that he would die for her
She took him at his word;
ssThen go and dye your whiskers, SIR
Their colors quite absurd
ssWhat color shall die them Nanr'
She answered quite serene:
| "Dye them TO suit yourself, dear Danv
And then you'll dye them green"
--0ooddWs S1ssk
Wanted to Find the Editor. -
sullen-looking man with horsewhtl
entered Nebraska newspaper oflic'
and asked the boy where the edito
was. The boy ''sized him up ant
answered: leone to Ohio; won't b
back for six months. Where's III
foremanp" Hes gone to Washing
ton with an invitation to the Presi
dent Won't be back tore cold weather
What do you want-want to paralys!
emp" "No. no; owe four dollars ant
thought I'd pay up" That sop boil
. on a second; perhaps the editor hasn'
started YETI He whistled. long
dark form crawled put Of wood-box
and the editor was ready Tor b,ssineel
-~Ntbroske Stets yctymok
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
SUMMERS STRENGTH.
The Remarkable Physical Powers Of the
Famous Senator.

The Remarkable Physlcal POWERS OF the
Famous Senator.
Mr.. Sumner stood six feet two inches
high without his shoes, and he was so
well built that his height was only no.
ticeable when he was near person OF
ordinary size. But there was man.
ner about him, free swing of the arm.
stride, pose of his shaggy head,
SWAY of hi, broad shoulders that gave
to those who knew him best the idea
that he was of heroic size. Then, too,
there was something in the intent look
of his deep-set eye, his corrugated
brow, the frown born of intense
thought, and his large head, made to
seem vet larger by its crown of thick,
heavy, longish gray hair, all of which
gave the idea of physical greatness;
but with his frequent smile the set
frown passed, his whole appearance
changed. and his face beamed like a
dark lantern suddenly lighted. His
smile effected wonderful transforms
ton in his whole appearance, and it
set up a peculiar sympathy between
himself and its recipient.
For one of his sedentary habits, he
had extraordinary strength, and yet he
| was not an athlete. While in WASH
ington his only exercise was walking,
and as he believed it was the pace
rather than the distance that tells,
when opportunity offered he would go
at rate that amazed beholders. Some
persons attempting to join and keep up
with him only succeeded by taking an
occasional hop, skip and jump, such as
children practice when walking with
their parents. Up to the time of his in
juries he walked much in Washington,
for, as he said, he could outwalk
omnibuses, and give them long odds.
He was hardly aware OF his enormous
strength, it was so seldom called into
exercise. His books were packed in
large boxes at the end of each session
and sent from his rooms to the Capitol,
only to be returned at the beginning OF
the next session. These boxes weighed
nearly five hundred pounds each, and
were difficult to handle in passages and
stairways, and so were accompanied
by four men. Once when he was liv-
ing at Rev. DIR. SIMPSONS, one OF these
heavy boxes got stuck in the stairway.
1t could be extricated without damage
to the walls only by lifting it over the
banister The four men failed to apply
their strength to the most advantage,
for they got in each other S way, and
thus failed to move the box. The Sem
ator, hated and gloved. ready to GO
out, came down the stairs.
"Why don't you 1T over the rail!'
said he.
s'How can wep" answered one. "You
have no idea of its weight.
"Let me try" said the Senator, and
leaning over the rail, he ssszed the
rope beckett at the end of the BOX and
lifted the latter clear of its nhtangle
ments by one sure pull. splitting hi
glove, however, across the bseA. The
men were amazed; and he. little
embarrassed, said: Il didn't mean t.
lift it. only to try its weight and ther
went back for fresh gloves. Cosniopot
itan.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
SKULLS AND SNAKES
Uncomfortable Ornaments for Gentiemeni
Canes and Umbrellas.


Canes and Umbrellas.
The extent to which idiotic cane
heads and umbrella handles will be
carried is capable of astonishingif not
horrifying the beholders. There have
been plenty of the grotesque monstrosi-
ties on exhibition among silly young
men ever since oxidized silver came
into fashion. A favorite thing has
a handle of carved wood, deliberately
painted, representing an uncanny head,
half human and half beast. A college
graduate sat in an orchestra chair at a
theater with cane in his mouth most
of the time. The device was an oxi-
died silver skull as big as hen s.cgg,
and on top of the skull there crawled
an enameled lizard. The well educated
Young man sat and chewed this lizard
in way to madden any delicate woman
in his vicinity. In New York store win
dow were lately shown stand OF fifty
of the most villainous inventions ever
put ON the tops of canes or umbrellas.
Inside, and from handsome case, the
polite attendant produced cane and
umbrella, to which the same knob could
be attached. and in fair weather OF foul
the happy possessor could make him
self a terror to society. The knob was
large skull Of oxidized silver. with a
flexible jaw that wriggled at you as you
moved il, while from the eyeless sockets
on the slightest agitation there pro-
truded the heads of two snakes. 1t was
a thing to make one shudder. but the
proprietor spoke with pride of being
the only importer of this Internal de-
sign.
Robert Heller used to wear an enam.
eled skull as a scarf pin. An eyeglas'
made OF an emerald occupied one
socket, and by connecting battery II
his pocket he made the dreadful LITTLE
thing chatter its teeth in truly hair
standing fashion. But Robert was I
disciple of the black art, and it was hi
business to surround himself with tn
attributes of diabolism. The usua
Young monkey who buys such toy
hasn't the brains to become a presti
digitator, and is only social nuisance
| Detroit Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-22
Ice-Making at Home.

Take cylindrical earthen vessel and
pour 81 ounces of commercial sulphuric
acid and Il ounces of water into it and
then add ounce of powdered sulphate
of soda. In the center of this mixture.
place a smaller vessel containing the
water to be frozen; then cover the
vessel, and, if possible, revolve the
whole with gentle motion. In a
few minutes, the water in the small
vessel will be converted into ice. The
same mixture can be used second or
third time for making block of ice.
The operation should. if possible, be
performed in cool place, in cellar.
for example. Science en- Famaitte